Pierre Jackson

When it came to playing without Chris Bosh over the second half of the season and playoffs, NBA players in an annual poll said the Miami Heat missed one of the league's most valuable teammates.

In confidential balloting conducted by the NBA, Bosh, despite missing the second half of the season for a second consecutive year due to a recurrence of blood clotting, finished third in the vote for the 2015-16 Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award, with Memphis Grizzlies guard Vince Carter announced as the winner Wednesday, with Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett as runner-up. Carter finished with 65 first-place votes and 1,448 points in the weighted balloting, Garnett...

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When it came to playing without Chris Bosh over the second half of the season and playoffs, NBA players in an annual poll said the Miami Heat missed one of the league's most valuable teammates.
In confidential balloting conducted by the NBA, Bosh,...

PHILADELPHIA — T.J. McConnell fulfilled a lifelong dream Monday.
McConnell, an undrafted rookie point guard from Arizona, made the 76ers' 15-player roster when the team announced its cuts late in the afternoon.
"If I actually fulfill it, I...

PHILADELPHIA — Isaiah Canaan and Pierre Jackson hit it off while attending the Adidas Nations Basketball Camp in August 2012, when Canaan was a star senior point guard at Murray State and Jackson a standout senior point for Baylor.They remained close...

PHILADELPHIA — On Sunday, 76ers coach Brett Brown said the plan was for Nik Stauskas to play in Friday's preseason finale.But the news following Tuesday's practice at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine was that Stauskas, a second-year shooting...

NEW YORK — All things considered, Sunday afternoon was a success for Jahlil Okafor.
After missing the previous two games with a sore right knee, Okafor returned with 14 points and five rebounds in a 92-91 preseason loss to the Nets at Barclays Center.
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NEW YORK — 76ers rookie Richaun Holmes hoped to stay even-keeled despite making his first NBA start in his first time at Madison Square Garden, though he admitted beforehand that he was "definitely excited."
With Nerlens Noel (lower back , left...

PHILADELPHIA — Jahlil Okafor and Nerlens Noel were relatively effective as a duo in Tuesday night's preseason-opening drubbing by the Wizards.Washington outscored Brett Brown's team by two points in the 17 minutes, 2 seconds the duo played together and by...

WASHINGTON — The plan, which 76ers coach Brett Brown followed for three quarters, was for rookie center Jahlil Okafor to play 20 minutes in four five-minute stretches.
Okafor hit his first five shots from the field en route to a 12-point night (on...

PHILADELPHIA— On Saturday, 76ers coach Brett Brown said shooting guard Nik Stauskas had a minor injury that was "nothing serious."
On Monday, Brown told the media that Stauskas has a right tibia stress reaction that should sideline Stauskas for...

"Coach is only going to take 15 players. What if he thinks I'm too small?" — Chris Paul, age 8
"Just do the best you can with the gifts you have." — Chris Paul's mom
The story comes from the pages of the children's book "Long...

PHILADELPHIA — Pierre Jackson and Steve Zack headed to Las Vegas on Thursday with different agendas.Jackson can't wait to play in front of friends and family in his hometown, while Zack is hoping the trip leads to him playing professionally overseas.The...

Arsalan Kazemi is taking another shot at cracking the 76ers roster.
The 2013 second-round pick is hoping that his willingness to do the dirty work, such as diving for loose balls and taking charges, will allow him to find a niche with the team.
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SALT LAKE CITY - Monday in his professional debut, 76ers center Jahlil Okafor started slowly, making only three of his first 11 shots. Compared with how the Sixers and Boston Celtics began last night's game in the Utah Jazz Summer League, Okafor was on...

PHILADELPHIA — JaKarr Sampson played four positions for the 76ers last season, starting at least one game at three of them.
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PHILADELPHIA — One year and a day after tearing his right Achilles, the plan was for Pierre Jackson to participate in the 76ers' second rookie/free agent minicamp and then play in the NBA Summer League in his hometown of Las Vegas.
But Jackson didn't...

With the deadline looming for the 76ers to pick up his $1.18 million qualifying offer, Henry Sims knew Tuesday could be the last day of his first stint with the team.
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The 76ers have had a second up-close-and-personal look at a potential top-5 draft pick.
Ohio State guard D'Angelo Russell arrived in town the same day guard Emmanuel Mudiay left.
Russell worked out for the Sixers, who hold the No. 3 overall pick in...

PHILADELPHIA — Emmanuel Mudiay's two-day 76ers' visit ended with him working out privately at the team's practice facility Tuesday.
On Monday, Sixers general manager Sam Hinkie took Mudiay out to dinner at Barclay Prime in Rittenhouse Square. Mudiay wore...

Most of the fans' attention has been focused on the 76ers' No. 3 overall pick in the June 25 NBA Draft.
Who will general manager Sam Hinkie and company take? What will Hinkie do if one of the highly touted big men — Kentucky's Karl-Anthony Towns or...